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Originally posted by sageofages
and remissions can be longlasting.
Good luck
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Welcome to the world of pre-existing-chronic conditions! No matter how good you feel, it will always hang over your head. I was diagnosed in 1992 - was treated w/steroids & sulfa drugs for about a year. I had never heard of it before--the doctors didn't know what was wrong w/me until my dad made an offhand remark about being glad it wasn't ileitis (the old name), and then they knew what to look for (grandad lost 7 feet of his intestine to Crohn's apparently). Now, I hear about people I know getting diagnosed all the time.
I lost alot of weight when I changed my diet according to what the doctor said (no high fiber stuff, no red meat, no spicey foods, no caffeine, no dairy). Took myself off the steroids b/c I didn't like the side effects & started a vitamin/herb regimen in 93, which was really helpful. Got pregnant in 1994, and have been in remission since then.
My advice - try to stay as de-stressed as possible & figure out what foods trigger flare-ups. Shrimp causes flare ups for me, so I just don't eat it (even though I miss it!). Other than that, I don't think about the disease anymore, except for routine physicals....
I'll have to check out that Gottschall book, though.
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